Nursery-toilet



M COLLINS.

NURSERY TOILET. l APPLICATION FILED ocT. 3. I9I9.

. mm1 Nov. 16, 1920.

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' MARGARET COLLINS, 0F BUSTN, MASSACHUSETTS.

NURSERY-TOILET.'

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented NOV, 16, 1920,

Application nl ed October 3, 1919. Serial No. 328,149.

To all whom t may concern."

Be it known that I, MARGAMT COLLINS, a subject of the King ofGreatBritain, and resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in NurserylToiletsof which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a chamber-vessel and chair support, andparticularly to a vessel and chair especially adapted for use in thenursery.

l have found from practical experience in the care of children extendingover a period of several years thatthe ordinary chambervessel is poorlyadapted for use by very small children and especially by small boys, asthey invariably soil the floor, or if the vessel is used beneath achamber-vessel, they soil the seat of the chair by directing the urineover the edge of the vessel. I am aware that bed pans have been designedwith baflies for the purpose of obviating the spilling of urine overtheir edges, but they have not been suitable for use as chamber-vesselsby children as. the baflles have been of such form that a child couldnot be placed upon one of-these vessels astride the baile without greatdiscomfort and danger of injury tothe legs of the child. Furthermoresuch vessels cannot be used with the usual form of childs chamber-chairas no provision has been made in the seat of the chair for the upwardprojection therethrough of the baiile.

A principal object of my invention is to provide a chamber-vessel, whichvis so designed as to be especially adapted for use by male children toprevent the direction of urine over the forward edge of the vessel, thebai'le being so arranged that a child may be placed upon the vesselastride the baffle without discomfort to the child.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a chamber-chairwith which my improved vessel is especially adapted to coperate, thechair being so constructed that the vessel may be supported beneath theseat of the chair with thebaiie projecting upwardly through the openingin the seat adjacent to 'the forward edge of the chair.

A stillfurther object of the invention is to provide an improved nurserytoilet of sanitarv, simple and inexpensive construction.

he invention will now be described in connection with one specicembodiment of the genus of my invention. In' theaccompanymg drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved chamber-vessel;

.Fig 2 is a rear elevation of the vessel;

Fig. 3 is a side view of a childs chamber' Vchair with which my improvedvessel is adapted to be used; Y

Fig.` 4 is Ia plan view of the chair taken online--fo Fi.3;

Fig. 5 is a side view of the chair, the back being omitted for clearnessand a portion of the side ofthe chair being omitted to show the mannerin which the` vessel is held beneath the seat of the chair; and

l? 1g. 6 is a rear view of the chair, the back belng omitted, showingthe vessel in position beneath the seat of the chair. l

`Referring to the Idrawings in detail, the

v numeral l designates a vessel constructed in accordance with thepresent invention. This vessel may be constructed of any suitablematerial, for example, china, porcelain, enameled ware, hard rubber, orthe like, and of such size and proportions as is best suited for use byvery young children, The vessel comprises a body 2 which is provided atits upper edge with a flange 3 formed integrally therewith.l Preferablyformed integrally y with the flange .3 is a handle 4. Arrangeddiametrically opposite' the handle 4 and* made integral with the bod 2is a relatively high and narrow bafile. he upper end of the bailleprojects a suitable distance above the flange of thevessel to stop andprevent any urine which may be directed upwardly against 1t from goingover the edge of the vessel. For this purpose the edges 6 of the baleare also directed forwardly so that the, baille is substantially hood orscoop-shaped.

As is apparent from Fig. 2 the bae 5 is comparatively narrow so that thechild may be placed uponthe vessel astride the baffle` i with nodiscomfort and without such a spreading of the childs legs as' wouldfrom frequent use of the vessel tend to permanently bow or otherwisedisfigure the legs of the child.

A childs chamber-'vessel is customarily employed with a chair beneathwhich the vessel is disposed. In Figs. 3 to 6 I have disclosed suchachair especially adapted for use with the chamber hereinbeforedescribed. This chair comprises a seat portion 7 suitably 'supportedupon a base 8 of reed,

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` wicker or other suitable material, open at the rear as shown in Fig.6, and a back 9 of reed or other suitable material.

The seat 7 is provided with an opening 10 of substantially the samediameter as the inside of the vessel 1, the opening 10 being extended asat 1l toward the front edge 12 of the seat sufficiently to receive thebaffle portion 5 of the vessel, when the vessel is disposed. ,beneaththe seat 7. It is partlcularly desirable thatthe child may sit in theohalr in a position such that its legs may extend over the forward edgeof the chalr in a natural manner, and therefore the forward edge of theextended portion 11 of the opening 10 is formed as close as ossible tothe forward edge of the seat. he seat 7 is provided with a sanitarypneumatic or other cushion 13 adjacent the edge of the opening 10,although if desired this may be omitted.

Hinged to the edge 12 of the seat by hinges 1/1 is a cover member 15which ,when the chair is to be used with a vessel ma be folded down intothe position shown in 11g.

3, and which may be folded back over the seat 7 to cover the opening 10when it is desired to use the chair as an ordinary childs chair. Stopsor bumpers 1 6 of rubber or other suitable material-may if desired beattached to the under side of the cover 15 to support the cover from theseat 7 when thc cover is folded back.

For supporting the vessel 1 beneath the seat 7 in alinement with theopening 10, spring wire guides 17 are attached to the under side of theseat on either side of the opening 10, which are adapted to engage be.

neath the flange 3 of the vessel as most clearly shown in Fig. 6, andwhich firmly press the lianged edge of the vessel against the under sideof the seat. These guides are not extended rearwardly as far as theopening 10 in order to permit the upward'insertion through the openin 10of the baille portion. 5 of the vessel. ith the cover 15 in the positionshown in Fig. 3, to position the vessel beneath the chair, the. portion5 of the vessel is first inserted upwardly through the opening 10adjacent the rear portion of the opening until the upper edge of the'flange 3 of the vessel engages the under surface of the seat 7. Thevessel is then pushed forwardly between the guides 17 wlth the flange 3engaged between the horizontal portions of the guides and the undersurfaces of the seat, until the baille portion 5 is positioned in theextension 11 of the opening 10. The vessel will then be properly alinedbe.- neath the opening 10 and held firmly in position.

I claim:

1. A nursery toilet comprising in combination a chair having an -openingin the seat thereof, and a vessel provided with an Vopening bein soformed as to permit the positioning of the vessel beneath the seat ofsaid chair with said baiile upwardly therethrough.

2. A nursery toilet comprising in combination a chair having an openm inthe seat thereof, and a vesselprovide with a narrow upwardly extendingbaffle portion, said opening being so formed as to ermit the positioningof thevessel beneath t e seat of said chair with the baffle portionimmediately adjacent the forward edge of the chair seat and extendingupwardly therethrough.

`3. A nursery toilet comprising in combination a chair having an opemngin the seat thereof, and avessel comprising a body portion, a narrowscoop-shaped bae portion extending upwardly above the upper edge of saidbody portion and an outwardly extending marginal flange integral withthe marginal edge of said bodyportion, said opening being so formed asto permit the positioningof the vessel beneath the seat of said chairwith its mar inal flange in contact with the under surfce of said seatand with its baille portion immediately adjacent the forward edge ofsaid seat and extending upwardly therethrough.

.4. A nursery toilet comprising in combination a chair having an openingin the seat thereof, and a vessel comprising a body portion, a narrowscoopshaped bafiie portion extending upwardly above-the upper edge ofsaid body portion and an outwardly extending marginal flange integralwith the marginal edge of said body portion, and means attached to theunder side of said portion extending 4 chair seat and engaging beneaththe flange of said vessel for posltioning said vessel beneath said seatin alinement with the openopening.

5. A nursery toilet comprising in `coinbination a chair having anopening in the seat thereof, and a vessel comprising a body portion, anarrow scoop-shaped baiile por tion extending upwardly above the upperedge of said body portion and an outwardly extending marginal flangeintegral with the marginal edge' ofv said body portion, and springguides attached to the under side of said chair seat and engagingbeneath the flange of said vessel for positioning said vessel beneathsaid seat inA alinement with the opening therein with the baiiie portionof said vessel extending upwardly through said opening.l

6. A nursery toilet comprising in combination a chair comprising a seathaving an opening therein, an air cushion on said seat surrounding saidopening, and a cover hinged to the forward edge of said seat, and

mesme said seat in aiinement with the opening 'therein with the baaportion of said 'vessel extending upwardly through said o ening. leSigned by me at Boston, Massa@ usetts, 1this twenty-seventh day ofSeptember, 1919.

MARGARET COLLNS,

